Wharton County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Joe Owens, Wharton County, Texas, 1869

Joe Owens registered to vote in Wharton County on November 23, 1869. He reported 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Wharton County. Wharton County registered 830 freedmen in 1867, 84% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Wharton County, Texas
1 year
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1868
Reached Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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In Wharton County

Joe Owens

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Joe Owens
County of registration
Wharton County
Precinct
2
Place of residence
Wharton County
Registered
November 23, 1869
Years in Texas
1 year
Years in Wharton County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Wharton County highlighted
Wharton County on the 1870 county map

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Sources

This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 25 of the Wharton County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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